Tim Fehlbaum’s masterful thriller, “September 5”, based on the true story of the terrorist attacks on the 1972 Munich Olympics, wins nine Lolas, including for best director, best editing, best cinematography, best sound design, best screenplay, best makeup and best production design.

Leonie Benesch won best supporting actress for her performance as a translator for the U.S. television network broadcasting the attacks live to the world. “September 5” premiered at the Venice Film Festival last year before becoming an awards contender and landing a best original screenplay Oscar nomination for Fehlbaum, Moritz Binder and Alex David.

As a special mention, Fehlbaum praised his German team, and, with a side swipe at Donald Trump and his promised tariffs on “foreign films,” noted that “they can raise the tariffs as high as the want, there is not reason to make films anywhere else.”

Wolfram Weimer, the new German culture minister, who presented the best film honor, also criticized Trump, calling the tariff proposal “absurd. The next thing he’ll introduce tariffs on jokes, so that people will stop making fun of him.”